The Characters.biz Blog

What this blog covers

The main Characters.biz site catalogues characters franchise by franchise. This blog sits alongside it as an editorial space: short essays, comparison pieces, and ranking explainers that look across multiple shows rather than living inside a single one. If a franchise page is a reference card, a blog post is a point of view.

Our coverage stays inside the same topic as the rest of the site — fictional characters from anime, cartoons, movies, TV, video games, and literature. We don't chase unrelated news, leaks, or rumour posts. When a new season or release genuinely changes how a character is understood, we revisit the franchise page first, then write about the change here if it's worth unpacking.

How to use the site

Most readers land on a franchise hub and drill down from there. A few practical starting points:

• All anime characters — the broadest landing page on the site, a jump-off to every major anime franchise we track.
• All cartoon characters — Western animation, from preschool shows to adult comedies.
• Tier lists & rankings — comparative power rankings and popularity tiers organised by franchise.
• Character birthdays — a calendar of canon and creator-confirmed birthdays across franchises.
• Voice actors — who voices whom, in both original-language and major dubs.
• Quizzes — short knowledge checks organised by franchise.

Recently updated franchise pages

The pages below have been reviewed in 2026 and are good entry points if you're new to the site or coming back after a while:

How we write about characters

Every franchise page starts with who the character is in-universe, their role in the story, relationships that drive the plot, and the abilities or traits that define them. Where a show is ongoing, we note the most recent arc a page has been reviewed against.

We try to keep spoilers proportional. A one-line role summary won't give away a major reveal, but deeper analysis will sometimes need to. Where a post hinges on a late-series development, we'll say so near the top.

We cite show canon first: the manga or novel for adaptations that diverge, the main film series where a franchise has many side releases, and creator interviews where something important was only said outside the work itself. When rankings are subjective, we say why a character ranks where we've placed them rather than hiding the reasoning.

Topic areas we track

• Character analysis: single-character essays that dig into motivation, arc shape, and thematic function.
• Power rankings & tier lists: comparative strength within a franchise, with the feats and reasoning that justify each placement.
• Versus comparisons: cross-franchise hypotheticals, kept in the spirit of the source material rather than stat-sheet extrapolation.
• Franchise explainers: systems, lore, and terminology that newcomers tend to ask about — breathing styles, cursed techniques, quirks, bending, Devil Fruits, and so on.
• Voice cast & production: who played whom, across original-language and major dubs.

Reader's guides

Alongside the franchise pages, we publish a small library of reader's guides covering how character writing actually works. Practical starting points:

• Character development explained — arc shapes and where they go wrong.
• Iconic rivalries — what makes Naruto/Sasuke and Light/L work.
• Redemption arcs — the four moves a real redemption needs.
• Spoiler etiquette — how this site handles late-series moments.
• Watch order vs. reading order — when source order genuinely matters.

Request a post

If you want a specific character or franchise covered — or you spot something we got wrong — get in touch at submissions@characters.biz. Include the page URL, the character or topic you have in mind, and any sources you think we should look at.